atomized

past tense of atomize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of atomized Spotify’s playlists—atomized, contextless—clearly run counter to her ethos, which is rooted in community building and intentional listening. Brad Shoup, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025 Challenges, Opportunities, and Passports Runaway production has been atomized as states and countries compete to offer producers the hottest deals. Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024 The system’s emissions consist of water atomized and released as vapor. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2024 As familial units grow smaller and more atomized, fewer people get married, and high levels of voluntary childlessness take hold in country after country. Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for atomized
Verb
  • The Lions are also coming off a disappointing Week 1 performance, having gotten crushed, 27-13, by the Green Bay Packers.
    Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Every other actor lends a sense of being crushed by the weight of events as well.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These plans disintegrated in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks on southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people and resulted in the taking of 251 hostages.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Before flight 10, Starship's most recent demonstration came on May 27, when the spacecraft spun out of control roughly halfway through its flight and disintegrated in a fireball.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The rain pounded so hard Friday afternoon that Aventura police closed a portion of Biscayne Boulevard from 191st Street to 29th Avenue, near Aventura Mall, due to road flooding.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Room for Disagreement Republicans have pounded every Sanders endorsee as a socialist and linked Cooke to her left-wing supporters, regardless of her alignment with their specific policy positions.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Atomized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomized. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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